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It's possible. Just have to float toady one a PM asking for it. Reception wise, I don't think many people really care about it. Just don't be surprised if folks don't recognize you for a while

The "state party" was ecuador. The folks that have been granting him asylum. Apparently they got fed up with the shit he and wikileaks have been doing this US election cycle,* so they pulled the plug on the wifi. Seems to be a combination of having been using it to do (recklessly) criminal shit (iirc, the whole thing with not redacting stuff like SSN or credit card info or somethin' along those lines was a primary example of that, though I forget the details at th'mo.) and attempting to screw with the US election finally breaking their patience.

Haven't noticed anything credible about extradition, yet. It'll likely be on the table if he keeps the course he has, though. Seems like he hasn't been treating his hosts right, and there are limits to the sanctity of asylum.

*Probably not (some of, anyway) the information itself, but more the... rest of it. Timing, framing, etc. And that's assuming the accusations of outright fabrication are in fact spurious, which I'm not sure you could consider unlikely at this point. Wikileaks has kinda' dove off the deep end over the last year or two. And no, that has nothing to do with who they're reporting on. Just how they've been going about it.

Sudden terrifying urge to figure out a way to make a forum where you can only communicate through smilies/emoticons/etc. All text disabled, no formal languages allowed. The Great Emoji Pantomime Orgy from Hell. Abandon hope, all ye. Not just those that enter. Everyone.

... not entirely, no. By any means.

Also probably had more to do with the rest of his name, really.

... hard to be in clinton's pocket (whatever that means) when you could replace a republican and no one would notice. Dude's not a middle ground, he's a barely abnormal conservative. Think one of the other notable lib folks might be, but Johnson's gone a bit loco this election cycle. Just about all the major 3rd party candidates have, unfortunately.

Go orbital bombardment or go home, I guess.

... you keep saying that, but I can't recall any mechanics in AI War that were hidden. Lot of things to remember, but between the tutorial and tooltips things are pretty clear.

Problem's that pesky freedom of speech thing, mostly, space. There's a lot of precedent mostly saying you can't interfere with folks attempts at politickin'. You can limit how they go about it, to a degree, but the SC is probably going to kick you in the ass if you try to stop it entirely. And a lifetime ban? Stuff like that's not going to fly. You might be able to get away with it if it was a business doing something like that, in relation to their own business, but we'd be explicitly talking the government violating people's right to influence those government decisions via talkin', i.e. lobbying. Fund restrictions and whatnot are one thing, complete denial is a whole 'nother ballgame. There's not exactly a maximum time limit on the amount someone can try to influence decision making. Maybe you think that's unfortunate, but it's what we got.

Like, ferex.

Once a new guy is elected and power is peaceably transferred to new officials, why should the old officiajls be able to continue to influence government decisions?

The why is because I can influence those decisions. And you can. And anyone in this country, by and large. There's no rationing system in place for freedom of speech. You can keep someone from holding office but you're going to have a hell of a time keeping them from talkin' to the folks that do. Legally, anyway.